The Booker Prize 2023: Longlist Reaction
Following the Booker Prize 2023 longlist, we're delving into each of the 13 books on the list along with guest Fred Studemann. Which book is going straight to the top of your TBR?
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Show Notes
This week, we're joined by Frederick Studemann, literary editor of the FT, to bring you a Booker Prize longlist reaction hot off the press. Listen in as Fred, James and Jo share their opinions of this year's longlist as a whole, and give you a flavour of each of the 13 books that make up this year's Booker Dozen: it's speed dating meets the Booker Prize.
Books discussed in this episode:
- A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
- Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
- Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
- If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
- How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney
- This Other Eden by Paul Harding
- Pearl by Siân Hughes
- All the Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
- Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
- In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
- Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
- The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
- The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
A full transcript of the episode is available at our website.
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